Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-04


them unenviable notoriety through
the English press. The wholesale
slaughter of deer in these forests II
shameful, and does not deserve thu
name of sport. Besides the regular
establishment maintained at thii
famous shooting box" there are
sixty "gillies'' employed to stalk To-
deer during the gaming season. Mr.
Winans follows the English custom o
selling the killed game on his place
and luxury Of the London markets
is deer from Winans' box. The story
Of how old Winans once bought every
seat in the big circus show IN st
Petersburg has often been told, Wher
the showman's agent asked Wlnani
an exorbitant price for box the mil
lionaire asked if the circus mar
thought he wanted to buy the house
"Yes,.I was thinking that wav,
quickly retorted the ticket seller, an(
Winans took him at his word ant
bought ever seat and box in the house
On the night of the performance Mr.
Winans and several friends sat out
the whole show.
Thomas Winans, in the meantime
was having as good time on this side
of the water as his brother was OH the
other, only he unfortunately did not
live long enough to get as much pleas
ure out of his great wealth. His mag
nifcent place in the heart of Balti-
more, occupying whole block, con-
tains hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of paintings and art treasures.
There is grand organ in the concert
hall that cost 100000. The walls and
ceiling of the ballroom are painted by
famous artists. But a great ugly
brick wall surrounds the handsome
house and grounds and shuts out all
view of the beauties from persons
passing along the streets. The
good Presbyterians and Methodists
were responsible for this transforms
ton of lovely view to the unsightly
high brick walls which shut in the
Winans estate. Tom Winans was n
lover of art. He had casts made Of
celebrated statues of classic female
figures, such as Venus, Psyche, Clito
and others, which adorned the
lawns about the mansion. OF
course the statues, as we'll as the
beautiful gardens with the charming
little summer bowers, shaped like
Chinese pagodas and Turkish mos
ques, were in full view of people pass
ing along any Of the streets bounding
the block.
Some prudish Methodists and Pres
byterians AFFECTED to the nude statu-
ary, and at a preachers meeting
passed resolutions protesting to the
city authorities against the display OF
art-work. MIR. Winans was wrathy,
and without waiting for further devel-
opments covered the statues with
wooden boxes until workmen conld
substitute high brick walls for the
low iron ratings. Mr.. Winans gave
many grand entertainments at this
splendid mansion. Since the daugll-
ter Celeste married the great gates
have seldom been opened. She resides
in Europe most of the time. Her
brother Ross has fine establishment
of his own in another and now more
fashionable part Of the city. The
old gate keeper and his family and
the special watchman and several old
servants are most of the time the only
occupants of the beautiful place,
though the gardens and walks and
the house inside and out are always
kept in perfect order. Baltimore ha S
always been too slow place for Ross
Winans. He prefers New York, but
also spends much time abroad.
Thomas Winans, like his brother
William, had many eccentricities. He
constructed many models of steam
vessels. He conceived an idea of
building steamer in the shape Of a
cigar which would be remarkable
for speed. He spent several ordinary
fortunes in trying to develop
this scheme, but cigar-shaped boats
prove failure, and until within a few
Years ago one of his models, which
cost him $50, 900, was lying rotting at
his private wharf on the Upper Pa
tapsco. Tom Winans might have left
a million or so for charities when he
died, but very little was given to such
worthy objects. His two children,
Ross and Celeste, were left the entire
fortune. The only sister of William
and Thomas Winans married MIR.
Whistler, relative of the artist
Whistler. Her two daughters were
brought up with her brothers. chill
dren, Ross and Celeste. About ten
years ago Ross Winan's young wife
died, and he married his younger
cousin Neva Whistler. She was
born in St. Petersburg, and named
after the River Neva. She is
a very handsome woman. They
had but one child, girl baby that
died of smallpox. The child is said
to have contracted the disease from
the injected clothing of new French
nurse who had just been employed to
attend it. The little one was taken
ill out at the country seat OF the
Winans, few miles from town. 1t
was brought to the great isolated
mansion OF Tom Winans on Baltimore
street. Here the mother and father
left the babe in charge of one OF the
leading physicians of the city,
who gave up his other practice
and devoted his whole time and at
tention to the little sufferer, but was
unable to save it's life. The parents
we're not with their child when it
died. They avoided the contagion
and paid the physician $4,000 to attend
it. The new residence of Ross Winans
on st. Paul street is magnificent
structure, and equals, if not surpasses,
Robert Garrett's palace on Mount
Vernon place. 1t is built of brown
stone, of gothic architecture and very
UNIQUE, but gloomy in appearance
[Globe-Democrat.
The BenhayOn.BOWe Case.
Among the many curious things